Golden Dragon: Six Thousand Years of Empire-Chapter 916 505: The Dragon Lord Emerges, the Turtle Goes Mad (Part 2)

"If only we could catch that old turtle and eat it a few more times."
It was impossible to completely devour a Divine being. Noah mused over the part of divinity he had come into contact with but hadn't consumed, which had eluded him.
However, this was as fanciful as dreaming. The only reason Noah could bite off a chunk of a being with Strong Divine Power was because the Night Goddess, an Ancient God even older than Odin, was present.
Without this Goddess, even if Noah had summoned the entire bodies from various planes to unite, it was questionable whether he could even hold his own against this being with Strong Divine Power, let alone consume it.
Nevertheless, as a dragon, one should have dreams, and for Noah, this wasn't just wishful thinking but a goal that could be pursued.
"One day, I will completely devour that old turtle."
Noah had no intention of reconciling with this being of Strong Divine Power. Having consumed part of it once, surely it would never let him go. Thus, leaving no other choice but to eliminate it completely.
"Storm Master, Scularos, Strong Divine Power, Sea Guardian, Deep Sea Calamity... Tsk, it's a Calamity God."
With the Divine relation confirmed adversarial, Noah's next course of action was to figure out how to completely obliterate the opponent. After briefly reviewing details about this turtle, his determination to eliminate it intensified.
Deities under the Storm God Position generally had fiery tempers. Not only that, but the Storm Gods were often mentally unstable, capable of sharing a table with demons from the Abyss.
Indeed, the Storm Gods were essentially chaotic deities whose actions were mostly driven by whims and momentary feelings and states, although occasionally they acted rationally, albeit rarely.
"Odin!"
Noah didn't forget the enmity he had with a being of Strong Divine Power. Therefore, before pondering the complete elimination, he didn't forget to involve the ancient Divine King who had somehow returned.
"Noah, you came at the right time. So far, a total of thirteen deities have launched war on my theocratic nation from the secular sphere. I need your help."
When Noah sought him out, this divine king counter-proposed Noah.
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"Is there an army of that turtle's followers?"
"Storm Master? Naturally, his willingness to attack is the strongest. However, the ones he pushes onto the battlefield are slave armies..."
"Slaves?"
Upon hearing this, Noah couldn't help but laugh.
"Then leave his army to me to deal with, and as for the other divine attacks, figure it out yourself."
Noah didn't refuse Odin, as he also wanted to use this chance to collapse the Storm Master's secular faith foundation. To achieve this goal, he even dispatched the White Dragon Lord, who usually operated in the Space-Time Realm.
"It's my turn to take the stage!"
The Demigod Dragon Lord, having devoured part of the divinity of a being with Strong Divine Power, wielded three pieces of Root Armor transformed from True Divine Artifacts. With such power and equipment, Noah had confidence to defeat even a deity descending in a Saint Form, not to mention a mere embodiment.
Indeed, when the White Dragon Lord, as a War Commander, led seven Floating Cities dispatched by its true body and launched an attack on the Storm Master's secular army, it was a crushing onslaught.
As the Floating Cities suspended in the sky rained down beams of arcane light, tens of thousands of sea clan battle slaves were instantly obliterated to ashes.
Though most of the sea clan didn't step onto the battlefield willingly and were instead coerced, on a deity-driven battlefield, individual will was insignificant, with none caring, not even the gods.
Even Noah focused only on the casualties in his battle group, not on whether the opposing warriors joined of their own free will. Yet, regarding battle group losses, what lay before Noah was nothing but a string of numbers.
Such intense scenes were hard to fathom without being at the front line, but the Golden Tree could relay all this to Noah. Even witnessing it personally, Noah's heart scarcely stirred because far too many battlefields were being opened.
Noah's territories had long been marked in the Void, with each shining, radiant Material World therein forming the core. In other words, aside from a relatively tranquil Mother Realm, his territorial frontiers were ablaze and in constant war.
Even after Noah deployed another seven Floating Cities and an equal number of Dragon-man Battle Groups, it merely opened a new battlefield. Were it not for Noah's true body orchestrating the war, it might struggle to garner attention.
Because the Dragon-men were perpetually conquering the world, since the start of overseas colonial wars, generation after generation rushed into the fray, with millions perishing in conflict.
These unfortunate fallen Dragon-men drew little interest compared to the rising Dragon Lord and Dragon General, each of whom became the center of celebration upon their emergence.
"Noah!"
Once secular battle lines were utterly breached, the surviving priests began blood-thirsty, large-scale sacrificial rituals for their True God.
They thrust one meticulously selected slave after another onto altars, cleaving open chests and extracting hearts. The long-impatient Storm Master then descended through his followers' offerings, only to be met by a spear entwined with a White Dragon,
"Surely a Calamity God!"
Outside the holy radiance lay an impenetrable layer of blood hue, and it was only after sacrificing tens of thousands that the Storm Master was able to descend an embodiment, yet was promptly bashed back by Noah with his spear.
Utter defeat.
Even with the Storm Master personally descending an embodiment, he couldn't reverse the battle, as he himself couldn't withstand Noah's avatar.
Not to mention other factors, even in terms of weaponry, the gap was huge. Even as a deity of Strong Divine Power, one held merely two or three True Divine Artifacts. And even if the number isn't exclusive, no deity would be foolish enough to send their weapons used in Divine War into the Material World.
Yet as Dragon King, Noah himself had fashioned a virtually unsolvable existence for the divine, particularly in the Material World, surpassing Noah's former abilities before attaining Dragon King status, embodied in the abnormally powerful White Dragon Lord.
After several attempts and significant divine power loss, losing three embodiments, the already furious Storm Master was finally pushed over the edge and bet everything.
He no longer descended avatars but instead placed his True Body beyond the Void, recklessly expending divine power to deliver divine punishment upon the Material World from the Void.
"Truly a lunatic!"
If a deity wished to enter the Material World with minimal loss, the optimal method was imparting blessings, granting mortals divine power. This method incurred minimal loss, but its impact seldom achieved breathtaking results.
When a deity forcefully interferes with the Material World without any medium, divine power loss can reach up to eighty or ninety percent, with perhaps only ten percent or less being effective.
Nevertheless, such colossal divine power erosion results in unparalleled sensory and oppressive impacts as the heavens, alight with blood and swelling black clouds, are violently torn apart by divine light from beyond the sky.
Where divine light descended, all was disintegrated and devoured, as nothing could withstand the wrath of a being with Strong Divine Power, yet something could resist.
"Really out of his mind!"
Standing atop the Floating City, the White Dragon Lord raised a wrist on which a Double Ring Bracelet was revealed. Then, the bracelet animated, transforming into two Dragon Snakes, which soared skyward, expanding to kilometers instantly, twisting and dancing outside the Floating City, nullifying the divine punishment descending from the celestial beyond.